Wrapping for cigarettes



J. w. CHALMERS ETAL 2,984,384

WRAPPING FOR CIGARETTES May 16, 1961 Original Filed Sept. 11, 1956 INVENTORS M 4 9, anx/1:14 UL.

United fitates Patent WRAPPING FOR CIGARETTES John Walker Chalmers andDonald Richard Patrick Jackson, Deptford, London, England, assignors toMolins Machine Company Limited, London, England, a British companyOriginal application Sept. 11, 1956, Ser. No. 609,291,

now Patent No. 2,922,342, dated Jan. 26, 1960. Divided and thisapplication Feb. 19, 1959, Ser. No. 794,376

1 Claim. (Cl. 221-31) This invention concerns an improved wrapping forcigarettes, which forms an inner wrapper for a cigarette packet.

The invention provides an inner wrapper for a cigarette packet, whichwrapper is formed from two portions of wrapping material, which togetherenclose a batch of cigarettes, one of the said portions being removableto expose the cigarettes, said wrapper having a pull strip arrangedwithin it so as to be looped loosely beneath some of the saidcigarettes, the said pull strip having a free end portion which isadapted to be grasped and pulled in order to lift those cigarettesbeneath which the strip is looped, the said free end being concealed bythe said removable portion of the wrapper until the said removableportion is removed. Preferably the said removable portion overlaps theother portion adjacent one end of the said batch of cigarettes, and thesaid free end portion of the pull strip projects from beneath the saidother portion so as to lie between the said removable portion and thecigarettes. The said pull strip may be secured to an inner face of thesaid other portion of the wrapper and extend downwardly from theposition at which it is so secured.

A cigarette wrapper in accordance with the invention will now bedescribed by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic sectional view,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the wrapper illustrated in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a view showing a wrapper similar to that shown in Figure 2but enclosed in an outer box, and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing a removable portionof the wrapper in position before removal.

The wrapper illustrated forms an inner wrapper for a batch ofcigarettes, and comprises a metallic foil wrapper 1 which is made in twoparts, namely a main portion which envelopes the greater part of thebatch of cigarettes, and a removable part 101 which is intended to bediscarded when the cigarette package is opened. In Figures 2 and 3 thepart 101 is shown as having been removed.

A lifting strip 8, which may be formed of cellophane or like material,is arranged within the foil 1 and is secured to it by adhesive at 100,Figures 1 and 2. The strip 8 extends along the inner surface of theWrapper 1 so as to be looped beneath a few of the cigarettes in the ICEwrapper, and a short length 102 of the strip extends from. beneath theedge of the foil 1. This length 102 lies between the top end faces ofthe cigarettes and the removable part 101 of the wrapping. Thus when thepart 101 is in place, as shown in Figure 4, the extending length 102 isconcealed by the part 101, but when the latter is removed, the part 102of the strip is plainly visible and easily grasped, as can be seen fromFigures 2 and 3.

.As shown in Figure 1, the removable part 101 of the wrapping also has astrip 8 secured to its inner surface. This is merely because thewrapping as a whole has been formed from a single piece cut from a webof foil, which piece has the strip 8 secured to it, this composite piecesubsequently being subdivided to form the two separate portions ofwrapping material which together form the wrapper. The strip 8 issecured to the foil web in the manner described in our copending US.application Serial No. 609,291, filed September 11, 1956, and inpractice it is found convenient to gum the strip 8 over a substantiallength so as to ensure that it is secured to the inner surface of themain part of the wrapper.

Figure 3 illustrates a wrapping similar to that shown in Figure 2, andenclosed in an outer cardboard box of rectilinear cross-section which inconstruction is generally similar to that disclosed in US. Patent No.2,163,828.

This application is a division of our prior application, Serial No.609,291, filed September 11, 1956, now Patent No. 2,922,342, granted Ianuary 26, 1960.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

In a package containing cigarettes, an inner wrapper formed of a fixedportion and a removable portion, said removable portion comprisingsubstantially less than onehalf of the total wrapper and being beforeremoval arranged in overlapping relationship with the said fixed part atthe upper end of the package, so as upon removal to expose the top endsof some of the cigarettes, said wrapper having a lifting strip securedat one end to an inner face of the fixed portion at a position betweenthe top and bottom of the wrapper, said strip extending downwardly alongsaid inner face, extending beneath some of the cigarettes, and extendingupwardly along the inner face opposed to said first mentioned innerface, the free end of the lifting strip extending beneath the removableportion of the wrapper and being concealed thereby until the saidportion is removed, the said free end portion being, when so exposed,adapted to be grasped and pulled in order to lift the cigarettes beneathwhich the strip extends.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,144,559 Mendelson et al. June 29, 1915 2,041,679 Kemp May 19, 1936FOREIGN PATENTS 465,625 Great Britain May 11, 1937 1,030,996 France Mar.18, 1953 524,580 Italy Apr. 27, 1955

